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swamp n.沼泽,湿地,煤层聚水 v.陷入沼泽,淹没,覆没 Anyone who has spent time in a busy restaurant kitchen has heard harried chefs cry, "I'm in the weeds!" Such people are in a different kind of swamp — the challenging environment in which too many things need to be done in too short a time. Another way of saying this is, "I'm swamped." Here swamp is a verb that describes being stuck in a seemingly endless situation — you feel like you're stuck in the squishy mud of a real swamp. ★★☆☆☆ 2007.1

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[swɔmp] A swamp is an area that floods every year because the land is low. Watch out for alligators if you visit Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, the largest swamp in the United States. In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]沼泽(地) A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it. 2[VERB 动词]淹没；浸没 If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water.   [V n]A rogue wave swamped the boat...凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。3[VERB 动词]使不堪承受；使疲于应对；使应接不暇 If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.   [be V-ed]  [usu passive]He is swamped with work...他工作忙得不可开交。The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city.火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。

英语单词	swamp
英美音标	[swɔmp]
中文释义	n.沼泽,湿地,煤层聚水 v.陷入沼泽,淹没,覆没
vocab简明	A swamp is an area that floods every year because the land is low. Watch out for alligators if you visit Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, the largest swamp in the United States.
vocab扩展	Anyone who has spent time in a busy restaurant kitchen has heard harried chefs cry, "I'm in the weeds!" Such people are in a different kind of swamp — the challenging environment in which too many things need to be done in too short a time. Another way of saying this is, "I'm swamped." Here swamp is a verb that describes being stuck in a seemingly endless situation — you feel like you're stuck in the squishy mud of a real swamp.
真题原句	In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]沼泽(地) A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it. 2 [VERB 动词]淹没；浸没 If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water. [V n] A rogue wave swamped the boat... 凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。 The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park. 本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。 3 [VERB 动词]使不堪承受；使疲于应对；使应接不暇 If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with. [be V-ed] [usu passive] He is swamped with work... 他工作忙得不可开交。 The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city. 火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。
来源	2007.1

Swamp Ed Area Land People Things Stuck Differences